5 Breakspear Avenue is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in St Albans (AL1 5EJ). It has a recorded floor area of 105 m² (around 1130 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1930-1949 and council tax band E. The latest certificate (February 2020) shows a D (score 66), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 85), a 2-band jump.
Sale prices here have outpaced St Albans HPI: 5.6% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £1,000,000 is 14.9% above the 2020 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£770/sq ft) was about 70.1% above the typical sold price in the postcode. 5 planning records sit against the property, 1 approved, 2 refused. Past consents include a loft conversion, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. Sold September 2020 for £870,000.
Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
A a single-storey rear extension application was refused at 5 Breakspear Avenue in 2026.
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
Single storey rear extension
Sale price has at least doubled since 2007.
£1,000,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.6% per year over 13 years.
£870,000
Growth on file: 5.6% per year over 13 years.
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On price per m², 5 Breakspear Avenue stands well clear of the street.
Price per m²
£8,286
Street avg £6,879
Floor Area
105 m²
Street avg 111 m²
Habitable Rooms
6 rooms
Rail-style transport is unusually close for this postcode.
Crime
5/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.2 km
Vanda Crescent — bus stop.
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Non-Material Amendment - Insertion of a high level window to the side elevation of the proposed extension, reduction of the number of high level roof lights to the mono pitched roof (retention of one existing and four proposed) and reduction of the propos
Full planning data for 5 Breakspear Avenue, St Albans, AL1 5EJ
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29 September 2020Most recent
£870,000
+102.3%over 13 years14 September 2007
£430,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL1 5EJ: £830,000 (2024–2019).
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Street avg 6 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
3.9 t/year
Street avg 4.5 t/year
AL1 5SA
Closest school
0.2 km
St Alban & St Stephen Catholic Primary School & Nursery. 36 schools nearby.